A collection of various tales and tidbits surrounding the Eternal Fever Dream saga, which includes "Eastern Fever Dream" and "Deviation of Unconventional Nostalgia".
For me, it's another backup of these tales, while for you all it's a completely ne...
Another birthday! Yes, I've missed a few. I've been thinking about Kikumo recently, so I'm compiling something special for her here. In two years it'll be her exact birth date, but right now we can still celebrate this adorable psychic shrine maiden.
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Name: Kikumo Orimageru (折り曲げる 菊燃, Orimageru Kikumo) Aliases: Post-Modern Orimageru Miko, Psychic Shrine Maiden, Kiku Debut arc: undefined (main timeline) Literal Fever Dream (alternate timeline) Species: Human (descended from a kami) Age: Varies, born Sept 14 2024 (15 in LFD) Gender: Female Abilities: Manipulating the balance in anything, pyrokinesis, limited psychic powers Status: Alive Occupation: Groundskeeper and a blood miko of the Orimageru Shrine
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Kikumo's association with chrysanthemums is special.
Her full name is spelled out in kana as "折り曲げる 菊燃", meaning "the fire-bending chrysanthemum". Her symbol flower is an orange chrysanthemum too.
But why? Kikumo is inspired by Mario when he obtains a Fire Flower. Fire Flowers look like chrysanthemums, even back in the NES era, so this along with the fire-bending was a given. With her also being a shrine maiden, another inspiration is Rei Hino from Sailor Moon, who is also a fire-bending psychic shrine maiden.
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Literal Fever Dream is the equivalent arc of that 1993 Mario film, right? So why isn't it about Nozomi and Niitsu?
I always intended for the Luigi to Niitsu's Mario to be her daughter. The alternative cyberpunk dystopia that the film takes place in made me decide to set it in the future, but Mario's actor (Bob Hoskins) being considerably older than Luigi's (John Leguizamo) was what mainly pushed me to set it up this way. If you didn't know the story, you'd probably think Mario was rewritten as his father or an uncle in the film.
Also, Luigi debuted in the games in 1983, and the Fire Flower was introduced in '85. Although unintended, this gap is the same as Mario's and Luigi's first appearances. Funny coincidence, right? I didn't even realize that when creating Kikumo and putting her in this role.
